I plant my cues on top of a little mound of compost - the one thing that cues hate is water around the base of the plants. Feed and water them regularly,mist the plants to stop red spider mites getting a hold and lets hope for some good weather

We found out the hard way about carelessly sloshing the water around the cucumber plants but what a brilliant idea Pam of planting them on top of a little mound! Will def. do that when mine are big enough to pot on - the just peeped through the surface today

Geoff - I also grow Crystal Apple/Lemon cues and a small fruited variety called La Diva - homegrown cues taste soooooooo much nicer than shop bought In my greenhouse I will be trying a couple of grafted ones called Fitness

last year was my first for growing cues I wont say it was a complete disaster for I only got 4 fruits of each plant I grew 6 on my plot don't remember it's name but it was an all female . and last year was wet

When you say disaster, what do you mean? Did the seedlings die before being planted in their final spot. Damping off can be a problem, water from the bottom to prevent the stems getting wet and use vermiculite on the surface of the pot, this prevents the stems from getting too wet.

When you get to the final potting up stage before planting out use a flimsy pot. When ready to plant out lift the plant out of it's pot, cut the bottom off the pot and replace plant. You can then plant your cues out with the pot which will act as a barrier when watering. Just water the outside of the pot which you plant is in thus preventing the stem from getting wet, hope that makes sense.